Rug fastener



July 15, 1930- P. s. DoNcHlAN 1,770,879

RUG FASTENER Faled oct. V21, 1927 TTORWEY Patented' .iiy is, ieee l narran? etarras-Ararat[orare ijiasia A raul. s. noNcHiaN, or irniamronn; coiviincriou'r, essie-'non To 'Tira SAMUEL or imitar-cnn, coivriiio'ricujr, ii con-ronn'rroitor corvf noiicniaiv nuo contraria', interieur Application fried october 2i, 192i?.

My invention relates particularly to that class of devices that are employed for removably securing a rug to a. floor or similar surface, and an object of my invention, among 6 others, is the production `of a device ofthis .class having means ber in place. 10 One form of a device` embodyingmy invention and in the construction and use of which, the objects herein set out, 'as well as others, may be obtained is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in whichi Figure 1 is a view in central section tion and illustrating the fastener as securing i the rug in ,position on a floor or similar sur face. Y p

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure l, but showing the rug lifted and one fastener disengaged from the other Vfastener member.

Figure 3 is a View of the underside of the rug showing one of the fastener memberssecured in place thereto.

It has been common many years, owing to surfaces of floors in use to provide means for preventing sliding movement of rugs on such floors, andat' the same time, owing to the floor covering, itis `provided that such fastening means shall enable the rug to be readily removed from the floor. To effect this composed of metal and the stitches are passed. i A These holeszhowever present more or less sharp edges with the consequence that the Istitches quickly wear off and the fastener `member becomes partially or wholly loosened from the rug.

v the rug with their ends for securing it toa rug `thefastener member in in a manner to provide for a minimum wear of the threads for securing the fastener mem' f' ployed c minimum.y Such a device is practice for a goodV the highly polished at the present time,y

character of such avk purpose fasteners embodying the well-knownl stud and socket principles have been em# ployed, and in such use one of the members,l

These fastener members are commonlyA holes Vhave been formed through them through which holes l Various x Serial Ito. 223,7,81`0l l' means have been devisedfor overcoming .this

objectionablev result,y `such means embodying in many cases prongs int the fastener member andprojecting through overturned to secure place."` This`- manner of however has proved securing the fastener objectionablefrom the fact that the prongs become'an element .of wear tothe rug. Other means embodying the use of stitches have Vbeen devised for securing the fastener memberfin place, but such means have always pos- Wear.

provi e means whereby Vthread may beeinto secureafastener member Vin place, thus enabling the'ordinary housewife tese-A curethe fastener Lmember by means readily at Y f hand, my invention particularly embodying means whereby the wear upon the threads by the fastener member shall be reduced/to a shown in the 'ac-f' comp anyingdrawings inwhich thenumeral 5 indicates a iioo'r, l6 a rug, 7 thegsocket niein. ber Vof'as-tud and socket fastener, and 8lthe stud member ofsaid fastener; The socketV member 7 is arrangedto be'secured'to the" floor in" a ,usual and "common-' manner "as byV meansof brads or nails-9, saidfmember hav ing a yielding socket 10 to receive a vstudll projecting from vthe fastener'inembe'rfS in a -manner common todevices of this;class.

H In carrying my invention into effect, holes are formed at occupying the positions heretofore occupied by holes for receiving the stitches. {'-In my improved fastener, however, ,I preferably jmake these holes` larger thanin fasteners an eyelet 13 in each of 'which `maybe originally formed on the eyelet 'and the other being spunror turned Vover so egrallyl formed with "sessed that y feature lof sharp edges through'4 e openings through whichthev stitches extend, fthus constituting an objectionable element of through arug fastener embodyingmy inven-V` Y j y" It is the -purpose of my present invention to proper intervalsin a lip l2 on y the stud member 8 ofthe fastener, these holes i cn Y precaution against possible Wearon the an-V that said lips lie on opposite sides of the fastener around the hole pro vided for the eyelet. These lips 14 are of such thickness, and the e 7elets are so located With respect to the edge oi' the fastener, that stitches 16 used to secure the fastener member in place are spaced from the outer end of the lip or flange 12 at the margin of the fastener. v

It Will thus be seen that the stitches are assed through the eyelets and through the material of the rug, the lips 14 spacing the stitches from the edge of the flange 12 so that no wear can take place at this point vand the eyelets are curved in cross section so that no sharp edges are presented and'undue Wear Will not take place at this point. As a Jfurther choring threads, the lip 12 is angularly arranged with respect to the remainder of the stud body 8 so that the lip will form an acute angle with the rug to Which it isisecured. All

y pull'upon the threads15,'therefore, will be delivered to the stud body in the plane of the y lip 12 and through the portions of the threads bearing upon the curved each eyelet.

Wall ofthe bore of member. f

' .y PAUL S. DONGHIAN.

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rIhe use of rugs upon lpolished iioors are Y more or less dangerous, unless they are se- K, curely held, owing to theliability of a fall being caused by slipping of the rug. fore, becomes of importance the rug will be secured in place and will not become loosened by reason of the wearing oil of the stitches or otherwise. This danger is increased from the fact that a person usually It, thereto be assured thatA treads upon rugs with assurance that they are secure, and with this assurance should the rug be loosened no precautions are taken to avoid a fall.k

It, therefore, becomes of vast importance to prevent as much as possible any liability of a rug becoming loose, and especially by the f Wearing off of the stitches holding the fastener and such result is obtained by the fastener illustrated and described herein.

In accordance with the' provisions of the patent statutes have described the princi-A ples of operation of my invention, together with the device which I non7 consider to represent the best embodiment thereof; but I desire to have it understood that the device shown is only illustrative and that the invention may be carried out# by other means and applied to uses other than those above set out.

I claim:

A fastener 'comprising a socket member consisting of a centrally apertured, concaveconveX portion and aV marginal securing iiange extending truly radially of the axis of i the member, and a stud member consisting of a Ac'toiicavo-conveir body portion of less depth than the similarly shaped portion of the socket member, said body portion having a marginal flange bent backwardly away from its concaved side and `:formed With holes pro- 

